Why do you want to see more than the standard 90 days in Search Analytics within Google Search Console? Zineb, a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst wants to know what webmasters would use the increased data for. While the common answer is seeing either seasonality or year over year data, here are many more reasons webmasters […]
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Google Still Considering Adding More Days to Search Analytics
One of the biggest requests that many SEOs have is to have more days worth of data in Search Analytics. While there are tools designed to download the data every X number of weeks, having the data within Search Console would be much more optimal for many SEOs. @Jonny_J_ we are thinking about it, but […]
Google Search Analytics Update: May Increase Total Clicks & Impressions
Google has added a new note to their Data Anomalies page in Google Search Console. This note highlights a change that could increase the number of impressions and clicks displayed in the report. The change is simply noted as “an update to web search logs analysis” on the Data Anomalies page. December 14 Websites only: An […]
Google Adds App Install Button Data to Search Analytics
Zineb Ait Bahajji has announced they have added a new filter to Google Search Console for the “install app” button in Google Search Analytics reporting. The new filter is called “Search Appearance” and shows information about the app install button displayed to mobile users. Currently, you can use that filter to see data about your […]
How Retailers Get Featured Snippets for Non-Brand Commercial Keyword Searches
Earlier this year, when I first started noticing commercial sites – such as Amazon and other retailers – showing up with the featured snippet result for commercial intent queries using non-branded keywords, it seemed quite rare. But as the percentage of featured snippets being displayed in the search results increases, so has the number of […]
Google Search Analytics Updated Once Again
It appears that the Search Analytics in Google’s Search Console is updating once again. After being stalled after the November 11th data refresh, users can now find data up to and including November 20th. The Search Analytics has been suffering issues lately with not refreshing the data. Already this month it had stalled with data […]
Google Search Analytics Will Be Fixed By End of Week
After a brief period of updating, Search Analytics in Google Search Console is once again delayed. It began updating again but now it has stalled once again without any updates since November 11, 2015. Zineb Ait Bahajji posted an update on Google+ that the team is aware of the issue and they are working on […]
Google Search Analytics Updating Once Again
The Search Analytics in Google Search Console is slowly updating once again. Search Analytics last updated on November 3rd and had been stuck there for days. Late yesterday, data showed up for November 4th, and as of this morning we now see data from November 5th. So it is slowly updating once again. It is […]
How to Find Your Site’s Featured Snippets in Google Search Results
Finding featured snippets in the search results for sites you own can be a challenge of trial and error for random search queries you think your site should not only rank for, but show a featured snippet for. But there is a smart way to try and find them for your own site. In yesterday’s […]
Google Adds New Hacked Site Algo to Search Results
If your website is hacked, Google is making changes to how they show those sites in the Google search results. Previously, Google would add a “this site may be hacked” notation to warn searchers that the site is compromised and could harm their computers if they continue through to the website. But Google is now […]